Illustration from Figures de la Bible (1728)

And it came
to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass
over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant
before the people; And as they that bare the ark were come
unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark
were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth
all his banks all the time of harvest,) That the waters which
came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap
very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those
that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the
salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people
passed over right against Jericho. And the priests that bare
the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood frim on dry ground
in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over
on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over
Jordan. (KJV)

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